Lecture by Glenda Goss, Sibelius
Academy, Helsinki
Glenda Goss is professor of music history at the Sibelius Academy and
the author of, Sibelius: A Composer's Life and the Awakening of Finland.
At the end of the
nineteenth century Finland experienced a Golden Age of music and art
unprecedented in the country’s history. Among the crowning achievements were the
compositions of Jean Sibelius. What prompted this artistic awakening? What
other high points characterized the Finnish Golden Age and what was the effect
on the wider world of the arts and letters in Europe, and even beyond? The
answers to these questions are bound up with pressing social and political
issues at the time Sibelius was coming of age as a composer, a time when
Finland was an autonomous Grand Duchy of the Russian Empire. As the Finns
“awakened” politically, their artistic life flourished in reciprocal fashion.
The Runeberg Chorus
with Kaoru Henry, soprano, will
perform selections by Sibelius.
Sunday, April 21 at 2 pm
Tickets
$12 at the door. Refreshments included.
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